ZOPHIM, or Sophim. This is the plural Number of Zoph, or Zuph, one of the Descendants of Kohath, of the Race of the Levites, 1 Chron. vi. 26. The Descendants of Zoph, or the Zophim, dwelt at Ramath, the Country of Samuel; whence it had the Name of Ramath of the Zophim; which Denomination was extended to all the Canton, thence called the Land of Zuph, 1 Sam. ix. 5.
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